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Being a creative, an artist, is a gift. It’s something one feels called upon.

Being a writer also means following that calling. Think of it as a cliché, “follow your heart”, “follow your passion”, “go where the heart leads”, among other phrases we have all heard at some point.

We as writers and authors, whether published or yet to be published, can be in a state of bliss and energetic typing, plotting and polishing a manuscript. Or rushing to meet deadlines, post blog posts and other admin work.

Either way, I believe that what matters truly is how writing a particular book made you feel. We are artists, we are creatives, but we write for the public too, of course. We need to reach readers to be able to make a career out of our writing. But sometimes we get taken with other stuff, be it if the book is too short, too long, is it good, is it bad, you name it. Even successful authors having a #1 New York Times Bestseller can feel overwhelmed if one of their novels doesn’t live up to expectations.

Authenticity

It is always important to find and stay true to yourself or aka, your unique voice as a writer. We all have a so-called “writing voice”. You hear it all the time from fellow authors, the usual phrase of “you need to find your voice as a writer,” and even though I’m not going to discuss how to in this particular post, the meaning of what may sound like a cliché, it’s, well- completely true. All writers do have a voice, and the most important and the most beautiful aspect of it is that each writer’s voice is unique. Just as no two fingerprints are the same, so no two writer’s voices are the same. That my friends, is beautiful, it makes you unique, and in turn, it makes your story unique. This will be part of what will enable you to craft and write a story that will move your readers and leave in them a lasting impact, which is what artists/creatives and, in this case, writers aspire to.

Throughout the years, I have read comments that authors receive on their books, and over and over you read or listen to someone saying something like, “these books helped me through a depression,” or “this book gave me a smile on my face on a rough day,” , “I was so sad when it ended,” and I know, because the same has happened to me and probably to you. Literature, in this case our stories, do have the power to change lives. It doesn’t matter the genre, part of it is your unique voice and hopefully, it will fall into the hands of someone that will cherish it. I believe that if a reader tells me they’re not the same person they were after reading one of my books, then I’ve done my job. I can say the same has happened to me with certain novels, so if you or I can cause that feeling with fellow readers, we can go to sleep with a smile on our faces. We have done our job.

As always,

Happy Writing!